Improvement in cotton choppers and cultivators



M. L. NEARN. Cotton-Choppers andultivators. N'O. 144,281. Patented Nov.4,1873.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT QEFICE.

MANSFIELD L. NEARN, OF DOUBLE BRIDGES, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON CHOPPERS AND CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,281, dated November 4, 18713; application filed March 22, 1873.

ing two parallel vertical slots in the shovels,

through which bands or straps of sheet metal are passed, and in forming notches or recesses in the sides of the standards in which said bands or straps are laid and secured, as hereinafter described.

In Figure l of the drawing I have shown my improvement applied to a cotton scraper and chopper. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a shovel and part of a standard enlarged.

A indicates the frame, B the tongue, and

O Q P the handles, of the machine. D E are Scrapers attached to front standards G. I J K is a rotary chopper. G H F are the wheels, and N K the fenders. The standards L have notches formed in their lower ends, and two parallel vertical slots are made in each shovel. The bands a are passed through said slots and lapped around the notched portion of the standards. A screw-bolt is passed through the ends of the bands, and through the standards, to secure them. Any number of notches may be formed, so that the shovels may be adjusted higher or lower without diiiiculty. i

What I claim is- The bands a passed through slots in the shovels M, and securedin the notches of standards L, by means of screw-bolts, as shown and described.

MANSFIELD LAFAYETTE NEAR-N.

Witnesses:

JAM-Es SEWARD, I. L. PARKER. 

